Mop-holder



W. P. BRENEMAN AND H. G. HOWELL MOP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FlLED DEC.27, I920.

Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

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ATTORNEY.

* -D STATES PATENT oi=-1= c WILLIAM RBRENEMAN Ann HERBERT G. RownLL, orA BUBm MAiNE,

MOP-HOLDERJ T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VVILLIAM P. BRENE- MAN and Hnnniiirr G.Rownnmcitizens of the United States, residing at Auburn, in the countyof Androscoggin and State of Ma ne, have invented certain new and use--ful Improvements in Mop-Holders,of which;

the following is a specification.

()ur invention relates to a new and usefu improvement in mop holders andhas for an object to. provide a holder that is exceedingly simple inconstruction, quickly and readily assembled, and relatively cheap tomanufacture.

Another object of our'invention is to pro vide a mop holder that may bequickly opened for the insertion of the'mop and also quickly and easilyclosed; furthermore to provide a. mop holder wherein, when open there isa relatively large space between the head piece and the clamp for theinsertion of themo r Still. another object ofour invention is pieceformed of wire and the clampmember also formed of wire andthe' latterprovided with offsets near its outer bar so that the strain on the headpiece wlienclosing the mop head will be in the-direction of the handlerather than transversely to the head, which would cause the head to soonbecome bent from its true shape, and become practically useless.

Still another object of our invention is to so provide the head and theclamp member that when the mop holder is closed on insertion of the mop,the strain on the head will tend to force the head more tightly on thehandle rather than loosen the head which is common to so many mopholders of different constructions.

With these and other objects in view our invention consists in certainnew and novel Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the SpecificationoflLetters Patent for the mop.

Referring now to the several figures, there is-shown the usual handlel'which is slightly reduced as at 2, and on which is positioned thewirehead 3 which head compris es the position v atentedApr. Applicationfiledilecember 27, 1920. Seria1 No. 433,173.

spiral windings 1 tightly surrounding the reduced portion 2 of themopjhandle, "and the remainder of the head then bent to form theelongated loop-and outer bar- 5. A small staple 6 isshowntonpreventYtheturning of the head on the handle. Pass-fl ing;through the opposite sidesof ,thehead piece 3. is theclam'p member 7whichis prov 1 vided with the 'rearwardlyextending arms- 8 -whi'ch arethen bent in'wardly'as at 9, I i

and are again bent as atlO, approximately being loopedfas atoll for'thereception of the ends 12 of what I term. thebridgepie'c wire,substantially :U-shaped and passing,- over thecentral portion thereof isthe retov provide a' mop holder having the head" to the handle 1.= i

Referring again to the clampmember 7 andto one of'themo'stimportant.features of "the invention there is shown near the' Thisbridge piece is also formed of taining member 14 which is securelyriveted outer ends'ofthe' two arms 8 the offsets 15, and just beyond.these offset portions the arms of the clamp again extend upwardly as at16 (Fig. 2) and across to form the outer. bar 17. Near the opposite endsof the arms 8' they are again slightly bent downwardly as at 18, the twooffsets beside other functions, making it possible to use a shorterbridge member 13 than would otherwise bethe case. 1

The opening and closing operation of the mop holder is exceedinglysimple,-'it being member is in the position 'asshown in Fig.

parallel tothe handle, the ends ofthe arms perfectly. obvious that whenthe clamping 3 and the mop inserted it is only necessary to'swing thebridge member 13 rearwardly, it being pivoted in the retaining member 14and as soon as the bridge piece passes downwardly beyond the ,axis ofthe pivotal point, it will tightly clamp theinop inposition, and ofcourse cannot become acci-v dentally disengaged.

In accomplishing this clamping action,

however, the oflsets 15v heretofore referred to perform animportantfunction in that they allow the end bar 17 to contactlwith themop (not shown) against the outer bar 5 of the head piece 3, and as thearms 8 are drawn rearwardly by the pivoted bridge the strain will be onthe head piece but in the direction parallel to the handle. This willreadily be seen, inasmuch as the fillcrum of the bridge piece is at theretaining member and as the bridge piece is pushed rearwardly, the armsmust be drawn inwardly and the end bar 17 of the clamp member restingagainst the mop, which in turn is against the outer bar of the headpiece will tend to force the whole head piece inwardly on the handle.

If it were not for these offset portions 15 it will be seen that whenthe clamping member was operated it would tend to force the headlaterally of the handle rather than inwardly. From the above it will beseen that by forming the mop holder with the described offsets and sofulcruming the clamp, the strain on the head is parallel to the handlethereby greatly prolonging the life of the mop holder. Also the thickerthe mop the tighter it will be held and the tighter the head piece willbe held on the *handle. The staple snugly holds the head piece from anyturning action and'no extraneous means are necessary for holding theheadpiece in position. 7

We are aware that it is old in the art to provide amop holder formed ofwire and wherein a clamping member is brought downwardly beyond'ahorizontal axis to thereby clamp a mop in position, and we do notbroadly claim our invention as such,

but what we do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i r

1. A mop holder comprising a handle, a

head piece secured to said handle, a single clamp member passing throughsaid head piece and said clamp member comprising two side arms and anouter cross bar, a retaining member on said handle, a bridge piececonnecting the side arms of said clamp member, a portion of said bridgepiece fitting beneath the said retaining member, the said side armsextending parallel with the handle for a greater portion of their lengthwhen said clamp member is in its closed position, and said side armsprovided with oflset portions near their outer end, passing beneath theouter portion of the headpiece, and again extending upwardly to thecross bar, which cross bar is in a plane above that of the plane of theouter portion of the head piece.

2. A. mop holder comprising a handle, a head piece secured to saidhandle, said head piece in the shape of an elongated loop, a singleclampmember having side arms and an outer cross bar, the side armsextending through the said loop portion of the head piece, said sidearms having off set portions near their outer ends and adapted to passbelow the outer bar of the loop of the head piece, said arms againextending at an angle to the ofl set portion and the outer barf 'WILLIAMP. BRENEMAN. 'HE-RBERT G. ROWELL,

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